Bronze Sculpture for Sale
Tunisia
• 1979
His recent research questions photography, painting, the relationship of the body to the artwork, and the concept of trace while bearing an interest in dust and grain.
Biography
Selim Ben Cheikh lives and works in Akouda. Tunisia
Trained at the Higher Institute of Fine Arts in Tunis, he obtained a Master's in Fine Arts in 2003. He then continued his studies at the University of Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, where he received a degree in Aesthetics and Art Sciences.
His early research was often linked to the need to visually translate forces of gravity, tension and pressure, which led him to exhibit several times between 2005 and 2007. His three solo exhibitions in Paris include: Humain tout simplement (March 2005) at the Cité Universitaire Internationale; Ballet Mécanique (April 2006), at the Cité Universitaire Internationale de Paris; and Dialogue (June 2007) at the Fondation le Corbusier. He has exhibited regularly in Tunis and many other countries worldwide since May 2012
He has participated in several artist residencies, such as IASPIS residency/Stockholm -Botkyrka residency/Stockholm.
His recent research questions photography, painting, the relationship of the body to the artwork, and the concept of trace while bearing an interest in dust and grain.
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The year of birth of the artist is: 1979